Goonhub
05-11-2022, 02:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2022, 02:18 PM by Bartimeus. Edited 1 time in total.)
Having made the scuttlebot, here's a few things for considerations.
The scuttlebot can pass nearly every doors, so its very easy to both steal something precious (for instance the captain's spare), and be a dastardly thing that is extremely hard to catch if you weave in and out of doors.
It can hold small items such as a gun or even a c saber, and has an innate 50% chance to dodge projectiles entirely, which makes fighting with it a possibility if you want.
A scuttlebot can rogue the ai in record time, making it quite possibly the easiest tool to rogue it entirely.
If you give the scuttlebot a simple flash, and bind your innate flash ability to a key, run up to someone and click them with the flash the same moment you hit them with your ability, you get a near guaranteed stun and can follow up with more flashes. The scuttlebot can then strip you of your items or even your id and run off.
Also did you know that the breaching charges in the armory are generally out in the open? And that they are considered small items? You can sneak in there with the scuttlebot, post your body outside of the armory, blow it up from inside with little to no effort and subsequently loot it before anyone figures out where the boom came from.
I've heard of some creative uses of the scuttlebot, such as S.house redeeming an armory located spy bounty by bringing their pda there with the bot, then the item to redeem, redeeming it on the spot, then leaving with the acquired bounty.
I can agree that the scuttlebot may seem quite weak at a glance, and maybe it should be buffed if it truly needs it, but it's mostly meant as a way to sneakily steal stuff and be hard to catch, while also having some fun combos with specific items.
Edit: Also this is quite niche, but if you die while controlling the scuttlebot, you stay in. So if you for instance knew for sure that you were about to die, if you managed to slip on the goggles you could make out with the scuttlebot and enjoy life as a free immediate antag critter (provided you were an antag before)
The scuttlebot can pass nearly every doors, so its very easy to both steal something precious (for instance the captain's spare), and be a dastardly thing that is extremely hard to catch if you weave in and out of doors.
It can hold small items such as a gun or even a c saber, and has an innate 50% chance to dodge projectiles entirely, which makes fighting with it a possibility if you want.
A scuttlebot can rogue the ai in record time, making it quite possibly the easiest tool to rogue it entirely.
If you give the scuttlebot a simple flash, and bind your innate flash ability to a key, run up to someone and click them with the flash the same moment you hit them with your ability, you get a near guaranteed stun and can follow up with more flashes. The scuttlebot can then strip you of your items or even your id and run off.
Also did you know that the breaching charges in the armory are generally out in the open? And that they are considered small items? You can sneak in there with the scuttlebot, post your body outside of the armory, blow it up from inside with little to no effort and subsequently loot it before anyone figures out where the boom came from.
I've heard of some creative uses of the scuttlebot, such as S.house redeeming an armory located spy bounty by bringing their pda there with the bot, then the item to redeem, redeeming it on the spot, then leaving with the acquired bounty.
I can agree that the scuttlebot may seem quite weak at a glance, and maybe it should be buffed if it truly needs it, but it's mostly meant as a way to sneakily steal stuff and be hard to catch, while also having some fun combos with specific items.
Edit: Also this is quite niche, but if you die while controlling the scuttlebot, you stay in. So if you for instance knew for sure that you were about to die, if you managed to slip on the goggles you could make out with the scuttlebot and enjoy life as a free immediate antag critter (provided you were an antag before)